The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-12
WRECKS YESTERDAY.
on TIE ONO RIVER RAILROAD
At tho aouth End of tho City-A Freight
and Passenger Engine Collide, WreokinE
n Number of Cars, and n Cow Deraits
an Engino- miraculous Escapes.

that caused several hundred dollars dam.
age but, strangely, were no. attended by
any loss oil llfs, though the escape from
death that several people had was narrow.
aud exciting. Sill more singular was
tho fact that no one was even seriously
hurt, Travel on the Ohio River road was
etfec!ually blocksded by these occurrences,
and II 10 doubtEai II the track will be fully
cleared by this morning.
The first accident took place at the stool
works a. the upper end oil Bsuwood, about
one mile from tho lower limitu Of the city,
shortly after II o'clock. A wild freight
had been ordered out from here to 20
down the Ohio River road, with inntruc.
tions to take a siding at Bsnwood and
wait there for the regular passenger train
from Psrkersburg. duo here at 1l:20
o'clock. The freight consisted OF six cars
and q csboose. It Is reported that the
passenger train was Eve or seven minutes
ahead Of time, and further, that II had no
| notice Of the wild train. The reault was
that tho two trains met about 800 yards
this side Of the switch that the freight
was to have taken and at tho end Of high
trestlo. All Of the freight was
on the trcs!lo but the engine Of the pas.
senger was all that Ind gotten on when
tho crash came. The engineer Of the pas.
henger saw tho freight in time to apply hia
brakea and when the trains came together
the former was almost at q atandatill. The
engineer and fireman jumped after put
tiny on the brakes. /. ,Is4 l7'G
The freight was going at d pretty good
rate Of speed and the crash waa severe
ono. The freight engine split open the
dome OF the passenger engine and the two
were so firmly locked that their separation
was 4 matter Of considerable difficulty.
Tho tender OF the freight engine crashed
into the cab and gondola car mounted
on top OF both; the escape oil the engineer
and fireman Was miraculous. Two house
cars and three Hondolas of the freight
went over the trestle and were smashed to
splinters; fortunately they wereall empty,
John Haddo1, brakeman, went OVER
with them aud was bruised about the legs
quite severely. Tho ends Of the baggage
car and smoker Of tho passenger train
we're crushed in and the passengers badly
shaken up. Ono little girl suffered cut
in hor face from coming in contact with q
car seat. ,s1Fa sEse i,ll IS u
Tho Baltimore & Ohio's wrecking appa.
rstus a. this point was borrowed for the
occasion and the Panhandle yard engine,
in charge Of Tom Kenney, went down to
assist in the work Of clearing the track.
About $50 o'clock last evening this ward
engine started to hack up to the city for
the purpose Of taking downtho passengers
who waHtsd to go down the Ohio River
road to tho ecene Of the accident, where
they would have to transfer to the train
that hRd come up from Parkersbure. All
went we'll until reaching tho Twenty
fourth street crossing, which is only
4 lew feet from where the track
runs on to the double track
treatle that leads acroaa the creek. At
tina! point COW got on the track aud kept
ahead Of the tender till it reached the
tres.ling whe.e ita feet got between the
timbera and the engine was dsrailsd. It
waa On the inside track, and in jumping
of wont towards the river, crashing into
line Of loaded freight cars standing on
the outer track. Six or aevsn Of these
were split open and left hanging over thu
trestliny in very precarious condition.
The conteHta were Of miscellaneous na.
ture and were we'll scattered. The track
was badly torn up, and the engine and
tender twisted around 80 that they stood
across the tracks. Tho engine was carry
Ing Manager Tracy, OF the Western Union,
and two OF his assistants who had beon
doTn 10 fix tho wires, aud several train
hands: Their escape from injury was
IEomething wonderful. 81 q. IS
Word wag Esnt to Stsubenville for more
wreckiDg apparatus and a force to clear
away and reconstruct the tracks. Trains
will be running regularly by this morning.
Passengers coming up on the Ohio River
train due here at $3.50 last evening, took
the Baltimore 4 Ohio express at Mounds.
vile and reached here over that road.